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Turned Away and Left at Sea


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A few weeks ago, footage showing asylum seekers, including young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard was sent to The New York Times.

Matina Stevis-Gridneff, The Times’s bureau chief in Brussels, discusses how she proved the truth of the tip that a major European government was carrying out an illegal scheme risking the lives of civilians.

Guest: Matina Stevis-Gridneff, the Brussels bureau chief for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

  • Greece has said that it doesn’t ditch migrants at sea. But it was caught in the act.
  • The Times’s investigation into the video points to a slew of Greek, European Union and international law violations.

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